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"Those people who take drugs in sport should be banned forever, not to ever be allowed to come back into sport ... especially in this example.

"They should be punished severely because they are setting a bad example for the younger generation for our country."

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Fraser won four gold and four silver Olympic medals between 1956 and 1964.

Yet she is no stranger to her own controversies.

During the 1964 Tokyo Olympics she was arrested for stealing an Olympic flag outside the Emperor's Palace before being released without charge and given the flag as a souvenir.

Fraser was then suspended for 10 years - later reduced to four - by the Australian Swimming Union for marching during the Opening Ceremony when she was told not to and for swimming with an unofficial swim suit because she found it more comfortable.

However, she said being a larrikin and rebellious was entirely different to taking drugs in sport.

"Stilnox is an upper and I don't believe our swimmers should have mixed that with the drink that they did," she said.

"I think they set a bad example. They wouldn't inspire me if I was a youngster coming up in the sport of swimming."

Sullivan and Targett provided the Stilnox 10 days before the London Olympics began and all swimmers knew the drug had been banned by the Australian Olympic Committee just weeks prior.

The relay squad has also admitted to initially lying in a cover-up of the drug-taking.

"The tradition has been that the bonding session will remain between us. We honoured that tradition," they said last week.

The swimmers have admitted their actions were "stupid" and Sullivan, the most experienced of the relay squad, has apologised for his lack of leadership.

A sixth member of the relay squad, James Roberts, has denied taking Stilnox.

The relay squad were gold medal favourites in London but finished fourth with a team of Magnussen, Sullivan, Targett and Roberts swimming the final.

They will now face Swimming Australia's newly created integrity panel.